Conditions for allowing CENVAT credit

Conditions for allowing CENVAT credit-

1)     The CENVAT credit in respect of inputs may be taken immediately on receipt of the inputs in the factory of the manufacturer.

2)     (a)  The CENVAT credit in respect of capital goods received in a factory at any point of time in a given financial year shall be taken only for an amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the duty paid on such capital goods in the same financial year.

(b) The balance of CENVAT credit may be taken in any financial year subsequent to the financial year in which the capital goods were received in the factory of the manufacturer, provided that the capital goods are still in the possession and use of the manufacturer of final products in such subsequent year.

(c) CENVAT credit may also be taken in respect of such capital goods as have been received in the factory, but have not been installed, before the 1^st day of April, 2000 subject to the condition that during the financial year 2000-2001, the credit shall be taken for an amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the duty paid on such capital goods.

3)     The CENVAT credit in respect of duty paid on the capital goods shall be    allowed to a manufacturer even if the capital goods are acquired by the manufacturer on lease, hire purchase or loan agreement, from a financing company.

4)     The CENVAT credit in respect of capital goods shall not be allowed in respect of that part of the value of capital goods which represent the amount of duty on such capital goods, which the manufacturer claims as depreciation under section 32 of the Income-tax act, 1961.

5)     (a) The CENVAT credit shall be allowed even if any inputs or capital goods as such or after being partially processed are sent to a job worker for further processing, testing, repair, re-conditioning or any other purpose, and it is established from the records, challans or memos or any other document produced by the assessee availing the CENVAT credit that the goods are received back in the factory within 180 days, of their being sent to a job worker. If the inputs or the capital goods are not received back within 180 days, the manufacturer shall pay an amount equivalent to the CENVAT credit attributable to the inputs or capital goods by debiting the CENVAT credit or otherwise. However, the manufacturer can take the CENVAT credit again when the inputs or capital goods received back in his factory.

(b) CENVAT credit shall also be allowed in respect of moulds and dies sent by a manufacturer of final products to a job worker for the production of goods on his behalf and according to his specifications.

6)     The Commissioner of Central Excise having jurisdiction over the factory of the manufacturer of the final products who has sent the inputs or partially processed inputs outside his factory to a job-worker may, by an order in each removal of such inputs or partially processed inputs, and subject to such conditions as he may impose in the interest of revenue including the manner in which duty, if leviable, is to be paid allow finished goods to be cleared form the premises of the job-worker.

7)     Where any inputs are used in the final products which are cleared for export under bond or used in the intermediate products cleared for export, the CENVAT credit in respect of the inputs so used shall be allowed to be utilized by the manufacturer towards payment of duty of excise on any final products cleared for home consumption or for export on payment of duty and where for any reason such amount subject to such safeguards, conditions and limitations as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette. No refund of credit shall, however, be allowed if the manufacturer avails of drawback allowed under the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1995, or claims a rebate of duty under rule 12, in respect of such duty.